...Mei Fong Rules governing the size of Chinese families remain in place—and even with a recent loosening of the policy, it may be too late to avert demographic decline. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Mei Fong China one-child...

... The Regents of the University of California fertility Richard Cincotta Africa women's rights AIDS demographics South Africa Botswana Zimbabwe Kenya 184 Fertility decline and a maturing age structure typically prove more indicative of future human development . . . than do shifts toward...

... demographics China aging Japan United States population France developed world Germany developing world 20 The risk of social and political upheaval could grow throughout the develop- ing world even as the developed world s capacity to deal with such threats declines. Global Aging...

...Sergio DellaPergola If one wants a country to be Jewish … a certain threshold of the population may actually need to be Jewish. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Sergio DellaPergola Israel demographics Arabs Jews democracy...

... a century of health stag- nation or decline this in a world where overall health levels have been constantly improving. During the decade-long economic boom from 1999 to 2008, when Russia s natural resource exports facilitated a spurt of sustained rapid growth, the nation s demographic and public health...

... direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2010 Current History demographics Wang Feng China one-child policy aging...

... with shifting demographic and socioeconomic circumstances, as well as shift- ing voter preferences. I am inclined to favor the second approach. But in light of recent developments, is the expectation of survival for the welfare state still sustainable? And has the global financial and eco- nomic crisis which...